LIW Magazine Report: Vilnius Celebrates The Lithuanian Culture

The city is ready to welcome more than 15000 artists of all ages to pay homage to its traditions with the Lithuanian Song Celebration Lithuania in The World The list of intangible cultural heritage of Unesco is engaged, since 2003, the Lithuanian Song Celebration: this is the ultimate expression of the culture and traditions of Lithuania, which since 1924 takes place every four years. Each edition attracts musicians, singers, dancers, artisans, and artists, professional or not, of all

Lithuania and Russia: A Decade of Relations

Lithuania in The World News: Although at first they got off to a shaky start, diplomatic relations between the two countries have recently seen a series of major breakthroughs Arnas Lazdauskas The last couple of months have seen unprecedented activity in the history of relations between Lithuania and Russia. The two countries have done what they could not do before. They have made substantial progress on numerous tough and thorny issues. Both countries have signed and promptly ratified several important

Latest News Lithuania: Passports Come of Age

New identity documents are devised to defy counterfeiters by Liw Magazine Steven Paulikas At first glance, travel documents appear to be the most benign of objects. Sporting merely a photo here and a few stamps there, a passport seems nothing more than a bland collection of official papers whose most redeeming feature is that it gets its owner from one place to another. But behind the deceptively innocuous passport cover lies an entire world of historic and modern-day struggles to

LIW Magazine News: A New Dynamism for the European Union

Membership of the EU gives a boost to the economy Raműnas Vilpiđauskas On 1 May 2005, Lithuania, together with nine other new member states, celebrated its first year as a member of the EU. Accession had been a policy target of these states for more than a decade, providing stability and consistency to the reforms undertaken after the collapse of communism. Hopes have been high, and the public has been among the most enthusiastic, voting overwhelmingly in the 2003 referendum

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